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*Description*:
ITV’s Network First documentary broadcast 08 April 1997 examined claims made by a man known as Edward that videos have been made in Amsterdam in which young boys are abused and killed, and that convicted paedophile, Warwick Spinks, was involved in making them.
*Synopsis*:
Police at the Paedophilia Unit, New Scotland Yard say there is no evidence that 'snuff movies' exist, though there are many in which boys are abused: they show a brief clip of film released by Dutch police with the aim of identifying the perpetrator. Edward travels to Amsterdam to identify the bars and clubs Spinks was involved in. Looks at police action to deter rent boys at Piccadilly Circus. Interview with Kenny who was 17, and another boy who was 14, when they were picked up and taken to Amsterdam.
PART TWO.Traces the story of Peter Howells, manager of Bovver Boots Casting Agency, now operating from Amsterdam and claims that the agency was a cover for obscene photographs. Reconstruction of statements from men sent as children by the agency to photographer Harry Jeffries and manipulated into posing. Reporter doorsteps Harry Jeffries at his home in London, and confronts Peter Howells in Amsterdam.
PART THREE. Edward talks about tapes, and insists he saw five boys killed. Points out the house in Amsterdam where he was shown snuff movies, and the lake where the bodies were disposed of. Brief sound only interview with Spinks in prison: he denies knowledge of the murders. Reconstruction of secret sound recording by Dutch police in which Spinks claims to know makers of snuff movies.